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P4UP - A Laser Printer Utility
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Introduction
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P4UP is a DOS utility program for use with Hewlett-Packard's LaserJet
series II Printer that prints 4 page images of ASCII text in portrait
mode on one side of a piece of paper. To do this, P4UP generates and
downloads its own soft font similar to one used on personal computer
displays.
This font is just under 4 points and has a pitch of 21.4, so up to
171 characters fit across an 8/12 inch page. When printed at 12 lines
per inch, 120 lines fit down an 11 inch page. Other software can use
this font too.
In its simplest form, P4UP works like the DOS PRINT command, just give
it the file descriptions of files you want printed, using the disk,
directory, and file names, even using wild cards. For example:
P4UP APRIL.LET or P4UP *.PRN
P4UP has several options to let you control the print operation.
Enter these options on the command line along with the file names.
Precede each option with a dash (-). For example:
P4UP -C -Z archives.*
P4UP will:
* Automatically expand tabs and formfeeds;
* Break the output into 55-line pages or run the pages
together unseparated;
* Print the name of the file and the page number at the
top of each page;
* Print the pages top-to-bottom or left-to-right;
* Make the P4UP's soft font Permanent with a unique
font id, so it can be used by other software. (You
may need special print drivers for other software.)
* Write to LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, COM1, or COM2;
* Use Manual feed so you can turn each sheet of paper
over, getting up to 8 page images on a single sheet.
Enter P4UP with no filenames or options to display a help screen.
P4UP - A Laser Printer Utility
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Font Management
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P4UP generates and downloads a font with a point size of 3.8 and a
pitch of 21.4. This allows 171 characters to be printed across an
8 1/2 inch page, and this font can be printed at 12 lines per inch,
allowing 120 lines to be printed down an 11 inch page. You can make
the soft font P4UP permanent for use with other software besides P4UP.
Other software might require a special print driver or setup command
to use the soft font.
The LaserJet has two classes of soft fonts, temporary and permanent.
Temporary soft fonts are erased whenever the printer is reset, something
that occurs during most print operations. Permanent soft fonts are
retained until software specifically removes them, or until the printer
is turned off.
Normally, P4UP marks its font as temporary. It is downloaded every
time you use P4UP, and lasts only for the duration of the P4UP command.
If you plan to use P4UP several times in succession, you can tell
P4UP to make the font permanent in the first P4UP command, and tell
all subsequent P4UP commands to bypass the downloading operation.
This will save some time.
To mark the font as permanent, enter:
P4UP -P
The -P option makes the font Permanent in the LaserJet (until the
printer is turned off). Without the -P option, the P4UP font lasts
only for the duration of P4UP.
In subsequent commands, use the R option:
P4UP -R filename
The -R option tells P4UP to Reuse a Resident font (after a previous
P4UP used the -P option). Normally the font is downloaded anew with
each P4UP.
If you run P4UP with the -R option but the font is not resident, P4UP
will use the builtin line printer font. Since this font cannot support
the necessary 171 characters, pages along the right hand side will be
truncated. Once the font is made permanent, you can use it with other
software. Select it by calling for a portrait font with a pitch of
21.4 or identifying it by font id. The font can be printed at 12 lines
per inch
P4UP - A Laser Printer Utility
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How to Use P4UP
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P4UP prints files much as the DOS PRINT command does. You can give
it one or more file names, even using ? and *. As examples:
P4UP april.let or P4UP \123\plan.prn a:*.doc
Before you give the P4UP command, your HP LaserJet series II printer
should be attached, turned on, and switched online.
P4UP downloads a small but readable font to your printer, marking
this font as temporary. The font is removed from your printer's
memory as soon as the P4UP task is finished. The font takes up
about 15K of your printer's memory.
Next, P4UP processes the file specifications you give it. If
the file specifications do not use a disk or path, the current
disk and path will be used. If the file specifications contain
the DOS wild cards ? or *, all matching files will be printed.
Entering P4UP with no files and no options prints a help screen.
P4UP has several options to give you more control over the print
operation. See Font Management for -P and -R. Other options are:
-C Continuous printing. Normally a new piece of paper is
begun with each new file. If you specify -C, the next file
will start in the next available quadrant of the paper.
-Ddevice Normally P4UP prints to the device LPT1. You can use
the -D option to name a different printer device such as:
LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, COM1, COM2. Example: -Dlpt2
-Iid Normally P4UP gives its font the id 16383. You can give
it a different id with the -I option. Pick an id not in use
by other programs. If you make the font Permanent, you can
use this ID later to select the font.
-M Manual feed. Normally, P4UP takes paper from the input tray.
If you specify -M, P4UP will wait on every other sheet for you
to turn over the previous sheet, allowing 8 pages on each.
-U Unformatted printing. Normally, P4UP prints 55-line pages,
with a heading printed at the top of each page. With the
-U option, headings are omitted, and 59-line pages are used.
-Z Zig-Zag printing. Normally page 2 is below page 1, page 3
is to the right of page 1. When you specify -Z, page 2 is
to the right of page 1, and page 3 below page 1.
P4UP - A Laser Printer Utility
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Shareware
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P4UP is distributed as shareware: try it before you buy it. Make
sure it works on your configuration to your liking. Shareware is
NOT freeware - unless you pay for it, you don't have the right to
continue using it beyond a test period.
The price of P4UP is $29.95. As a special BONUS, all registered
users will receive a landscape soft font with the same typeface
as that used in P4UP capable of printing 240 characters across
the page, perfect for the maximum print width of 1-2-3 from Lotus.
(The character set for both fonts is 8-bit ASCII, not LICS.)
Send your check to:
P4UP
Hexagon Products
P.O. Box 1295
Park Ridge, IL 60068-1295
When you register P4UP, please include the following information:
Name: ___________________________________________________
Company: ________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________
City: ___________________________________ State: ________
Zip: _________________ Phone: ___________________________
Do you use DOS or OS/2? DOS OS/2
Do you use color? Yes No
Do you use EGA or VGA? Yes No
Do you have a mouse? Yes No
What kind of printer do you use? ________________________
Where did you acquire P4UP from? ________________________
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